Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A. — Michael R. Bloomberg, making his first major political investment since leaving office, plans to spend $50 million this year building a nationwide grass-roots network to motivate voters who feel strongly about curbing gun violence …

Ukraine on the brink as troops take on rebels — Vladimir Putin denounces Kiev for mobilising forces against pro-Russian gunmen in east of country — Alec Luhn in Kramatorsk, Paul Lewis in Washington and Julian Borger — Ukrainian government forces launched their first significant military action …

Here's What the CIA Director Was Really Doing in Kiev — The head of the CIA just made a secretive journey to Ukraine—to do what, he won't say. But the answer could change the power equation in the hottest of geopolitical hotspots. — The Obama administration is now considering …

Chemerinsky and Menkel-Meadow on curricular reform — In the New York Times, Erwin Chemerinsky and Carrie Menkel-Meadow offer a very sunny perspective on the current state of legal education. At the end, they argue that what law schools really need these days is curricular innovation:

New York Drops Unit That Spied on Muslims — The New York Police Department has abandoned a secretive program that dispatched plainclothes detectives into Muslim neighborhoods to eavesdrop on conversations and built detailed files on where people ate, prayed and shopped, the department said.

Video shows large al Qaeda meeting in Yemen — Washington (CNN) — A new video shows what looks like the largest and most dangerous gathering of al Qaeda in years. And the CIA and the Pentagon either didn't know about it or couldn't get a drone there in time to strike.

House Democrats' committee sitting on $40M fund — WASHINGTON — Donors gave more than $10 million in March to the committee tasked with electing House Democrats and helped it amass a $40 million fund to fight skepticism that Republicans can be ousted from their majority in November.

Fallin signs minimum wage hike ban in Oklahoma — OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Cities across Oklahoma are now prohibited from establishing mandatory minimum wage or vacation and sick-day requirements under a bill signed into law Monday by Gov. Mary Fallin. — Supporters say the measure would prevent …

Coalition of the Disappointed — Obama fires up racial and gender resentments to get out the vote. — You can tell it's an election year because so many noncrises are suddenly urgent priorities. Real median household income is still lower than it was in 2007, the smallest share of Americans …

RNC to make convention site visit to Las Vegas on Thursday — Conventioneers in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center during CES on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. The Republican National Committee will be in Las Vegas on Thursday as part of the evaluation process as they decide among …

Obama, Biden to Announce $600M for Job Grants — Striving to show action on jobs, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are hitting the road to trumpet $600 million in new competitive grants to spur creation of targeted training and apprenticeship programs that could help people land well-paying jobs.

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